Guest Thinkers — December 6, 2010

WAM! Radical ’80s Prom Photos

The Radical ’80s Prom was a huge success. We drew over 100 paying customers and raised over $1000 for Women Action and Media, a national organization dedicated to creating gender justice in media.

It was the best damned dance party I’ve ever been to. DJs Marc Faletti and Amanda Marcotte had everyone on dancing all night. Organizers Emily Douglas, Jean Stevens, and Nancy Goldstein made everything look easy, which is proof of how hard they worked and how good they are.

Thanks to our generous sponsor Babeland for donating prizes for the costume contest. Thanks to the Bowery Poetry Club and their staff for having us. Most of all, thanks to all our guests including those who came from as far away as DC and Boston to party with us at the Bowery Poetry Club.

Here are the pictures: WAM! Radical ’80s Prom

a computer generated image of a human brain.

Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

a group of five matches on a pink background.

The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

Starts With A Bang

The trick to instantly identifying JWST images

If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

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